Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301991391
Format: Color
ISBN: 6301991397
Label: Polygram Video
Manufacturer: Polygram Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Polygram Video
Release Date: 1991-07-01
Running Time: 45
Studio: Polygram Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1978

Customer Rating:
Summary: AMAZING GRACE!
Comment: I saw this show way back when - and have owned it on VHS for years! Maybe now with the new CD Hurricane, someone will finally cash in (whoever owns the rights) and remaster this piece of art for DVD!!! A+

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Performance Artist's
Comment: This should be on DVD to show what a great performance artist Grace Jones is. When I saw the VHS tape way back when it was amazing!!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: The State of Grace/ More Please in High Def
Comment: This video is perhaps the best music video I have seen. Grace Jones is the bomb. I once saw her perform Her One Man Show in the 90s and her energy is true perfection. The video reflects her raw energy like a razor. My friend said she recently saw Grace Jones running nude on the beach in Mexico against the waves with just thigh high boots. I would have paid the $$$$ big money $$$$ to see any Grace experience. Why can't this be on DVD??????????

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Incredible video collection with some glitches
Comment: I purchased this video from a vendor here on Amazon. The video I purchased is from 1982, since this was the only copyright date I could find. This video is a must-have for any Grace Jones fan. Let's start with the good:

1) Warm Leatherette: Taken from the album, Warm Leatherette, Grace performs a very mechanical, industrial performance of a song originally performed by The Normal. In my opinion, Grace's version is better.

2) Walking in the Rain: Another excellent performance. She shouts a little too loud when she gets to the lyric "trip the light fantastic." You can hear the distortion in the microphone.

3) Feel Up: Another Grace Jones hit from the album Nightclubbing. In my opinion, this rendition is much better when performed live than on the original album.

4) La Vie En Rose: A variation of speak/singing, this is one of the best performances on this video. If you look carefully, the speaking appears to be live and the sections of singing are lipped synced. Not that shocking for a 1980s performance.

5) Demolition Man: Another hit from the album, Nightclubbing. This particular performace is a significant contrast from typical female performances. There are several Grace Jones imposters in the video marching across the screen, some men and some women. This is an example of how Grace Jones (and Jean-Paul Goude) were challenging the typical depiction of women in musical numbers, who would usually wear much more elaborate costumes to separate themselves from the background performers.

6) Pull Up to the Bumper: This is probably Grace's number one hit but the video editor messed up big here. The first clips of Grace walking across the stage are poorly edited and appear to be from three different sources. The actually singing begins with Grace singing the chorus, not the beginning of the song. Grace is also very flat throughout the performance. Her pseudo moon walking at the beginning was awesome.

7) Private Life: An excellent performance. Very original.

8) My Jamaican Guy: Not one of my favorite songs and not a very creative performance.

9) Living My Life: A strange video with Grace spinning around in a neon colored costume.

10) Libertango/I've Seen that Face Before: Another brilliant song with great close-ups on Grace. There is a lot of Goude influence in this video with the cutting of the facial attatchments at the beginning of the performance.

So what was bad? The video is old with a natural amount of deterioration of audio and video, but that's not a big deal. I'm disappointed with the poor editing in Pull Up to the Bumper and some of the other editing glitches between the individual songs. This video MUST be released on DVD and needs to include Love is the Drug and Slave to the Rhythm on the bonus features. I'm hoping for full restoration and commentary on the upcoming DVD.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: ONE MAN SHOW!!!
Comment: This is why I admire Grace Jones. The name of the video and the picture on the cover of the video speaks volumes about her. She couldn't be molded. She broke the mold. She's in a class of her own. Grace is visually stunning as is this video compilation. Watching these videos and performances leaves me wanting more. Be prepared to be taken on a mind trip.

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